Meet The Zao! Legendary Japanese Cruiser (World of Warships Legends)

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@KrisHoward-n1v 9 ай бұрын

We have had it in PC for quite a while. It is very formidable in the hands of experienced captains. It regularly dominates when it is at the point of attack because of its tankiness. Truly enjoyed the breakdown and match. Thanks Spartan.

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

It is a nasty ship but its carry potential can be limited due to relying on HE so much

@kylepearce5311 9 ай бұрын

That camo was made for this ship specifically! Absolutely beautiful!

@gabrielgaitan4856 8 ай бұрын

IJN Zaō is based off of the 1941 Type A Heavy Cruiser, which was an attempt by Japanese ship makers to construct a Heavy Cruiser fit for leading cruiser divisions in the Decisive Battle Strategy under the Sixth Naval Armaments Supplement Program. In the strategy, these cruisers would have formed the backbone of torpedo flotillas during expeditions, and the triple mount 20.3cm guns would have been the heaviest armament on a Heavy Cruiser for that time. In total, 8 ships were planned to be built in an Ibuki-style lay out. However, due to lack of funding or interest from the Imperial Government coupled with the threat of war with America, the project was scrapped along with the supplement program in 1941. The Circle Six Type A class is the most obscure Japanese cruiser project due to the original documents being destroyed at the end of the war. Everything, other than the original requirements put forth by the Navy, were destroyed. Some of the requirements were as follows: Resistance to 500kg bombs hits to the deck and turrets. Carry an immunity zone towards 20cm rounds between 15-25km and towards 15cm shells from beyond 10 kilometers; including hits under the waterline. 35 knot top speed. Armed with 12 203mm/55 guns mounted in four triple turrets. With the original documentation destroyed, Wargaming based the Zao off of an article from a Japanese magazine. Because of this, the Zao makes numerous deviations from established Japanese cruiser design, such as torpedo launchers placed at the aft end and poor seaplane handling facilities. The name "Zao" was given to the ship by Wargaming in accordance with the Imperial Japanese tradition to name heavy cruisers after mountains, although it is rather interesting why they renamed the cruiser to "Zao" instead of the old "Senjo" when the latter is also a mountain of Japan. Perhaps Wargaming saw it fitting to end a line geared towards starting fires with a ship named after an active volcano. Zaō is named after Mount Zaō (Za-oh), which is a complex cluster of stratovolcanoes on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The central volcano of the group includes several lava domes and a tuff cone, Goshiki-dake, which contains a crater lake named "Okama". Also known as the "Five Color Pond" (五色沼, goshiki numa) because it changes color depending on the weather, it lies in a crater formed by a volcanic eruption in the 1720s. The lake is 360 metres (1,200 ft) in diameter and 60 m (200 ft) deep and is considered one of the main tourist attractions in the area. One striking feature of Zaō's famous ski resorts are the "frost-covered trees" (樹氷, juhyō) that appear in mid-winter. Strong wind over the nearby lake fling water droplets which freeze against the trees and their branches, until near-horizontal icicles begin to form. Falling snow settles on the ice formations, and the end result is a grotesque figure of a tree. The effect of a full forest of such trees gives visitors a ghostly impression. Zaō is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains.

@getrocked-onair 9 ай бұрын

Spartan, I've played thousands of games on both legends and PC. Love your videos... I learn something every time. Thanks so much!

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Im glad I can help!

@MarioHernandez-dp3lz 8 ай бұрын

Probably my favorite intro music Spartan. Good choice brother. 👍

@SpartanElite43 8 ай бұрын

Glad you like it

@biloxi9761 8 ай бұрын

used to play this ship on PC version back in the first year. This ship used to abuse the game mechanic of you were only spotted if ship was in your detection range. YOu could kite ships all day and burn them down and never be spotted. Eventually WG made it you were detected up to your gun range. After that ZAo was brought to earth. Still a great ship.

@CyberRabid. 5 ай бұрын

I like Mikauwa and that new IJN commander has some interesting torpedo centric perks that I'll try after I've leveled him up a bit.

@KingVergil 9 ай бұрын

What I like about Spartan is he gameplay is very informative. He's not constantly going for those 300k world records and he focuses on winning. I've learned a lot from him and his videos got me to do better during my games.

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoy! I may not be the best player out there but I do try to share what I do know to try and make the game better for us all

@AtomicSneeze1 9 ай бұрын

Edit: looks like several others already mentioned this one but leaving comment anyway......Hey spartan, another commander option for those that do not have Al Atago is Arpeggio Haguro. You get close to the same HE chance with her as you do with Atago . At 16/2 on both, my Zao is 24.9 with Haguro and 27 with Atago. Haguro was available the last couple of times Arpeggio was added to the game. Granted it is a paid commander but at least she is still available on occasion unlike Atago.

@nateh7437 9 ай бұрын

Atago is the king commander for IJN cruisers. Feel bad for those that missed out on her

@moonytheloony6516 9 ай бұрын

What do you have Atago leveled up to?

@peterhoyle1616 9 ай бұрын

They should release takeo with similar perks for those who missed out 😂

@charliemurphy8416 9 ай бұрын

If you really felt bad, you'd gift some memberships to the community

@GaryJones69420 9 ай бұрын

I mean I got her from a crate, except I didn't apparently according to WG

@Heizman360 9 ай бұрын

Arpeggio Haguro is another great commander for Zao if you don't have AL Atago and manage to snag Haguro during the last Arpeggio event. Almost like a discount AL Atago can get up to 23% fire chance

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

Nice yeah I don't have that one

@DOBBYKP1 8 ай бұрын

Great video spartan already got atago ready for zao getting closer to getting it again great video😎

@bigj285 9 ай бұрын

i like zao but ive been having the same problem as you with bad teams so WR is not the best ATM but the ship plays well nice game gg spartan

@Dragon_King-p3c 9 ай бұрын

As a battleship main this video made me cry.

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

Haha me too

@lillpete64 9 ай бұрын

Favorite at the moment

@Jordan-gh6pe 9 ай бұрын

Good games,I have been landing 1 shell per salvo while these cruisers take 70 percent of health in-between loading times

@PavlovskayaFarms 9 ай бұрын

*note to my Richy “stay tf away from that thing. Lol 🔥🔥🔥

@jackasamurai9778 8 ай бұрын

Spartan hope your workout today was great. You gave me the motivation to get it done as well.

@SpartanElite43 8 ай бұрын

Awesome keep consistent

@x3flixr237 9 ай бұрын

I’m working on the Yama and Montana

@moonytheloony6516 9 ай бұрын

Those are very good choices. You'll enjoy them both when you get them.

@x3flixr237 9 ай бұрын

@@moonytheloony6516 thx bro😁

@CalebRemastered 9 ай бұрын

Still waiting for the British Legendary Hvy Cruiser, GOLIATH. The ship to Be, & End All

@tahzib1451 9 ай бұрын

on a completely different topic its high time arp bismarck arrives in wows legends...in the latest chapter of arpeggio bismarck claims to have defeated both musashi and shinano...

@lillpete64 9 ай бұрын

I run hergo for range and he pen also fully packed i think and I do have atago

@dvos7215 9 ай бұрын

Zao is sooo great and fun. Disgusting HE, strong AP, fast + decently agile

@ivardewit 9 ай бұрын

you finnaly got it! here komes the HE spam...

@tomclisch269 9 ай бұрын

Spartan!! You sunk me in a game this morning! Boiled this potato....

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

Hahaha GG

@bencevarga8749 9 ай бұрын

I love my Zaõ, I don’t have Atago I use Yamamoto, this is not a carry ship as you said, when the team is terrible you can’t do much exept burn everything to the ground lol

@AUSSIExxCACTUS 9 ай бұрын

Haha that was me in the des moine, not going to lie I have a feeling zao might get a slight nerf, the HE is absolutely insane, very good game

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

@IMORTAL-GOLDEX 9 ай бұрын

I almost got it

@ted5567 7 ай бұрын

I have just started but i have 44 ships on wows pc and now iam gona try legends

@SpartanElite43 7 ай бұрын

Welcome to the game and to the channel hope you enjoy for a long time

@dvos7215 9 ай бұрын

And maybe an alternative build, you can also use steering gears instead of concealment for better dodging

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

Naw I think you really need the ability to break contact

@dvos7215 9 ай бұрын

@@SpartanElite43yeah true, I’m testing both of them, and they’re both valid options. So I think it comes down to your preference / playstyle

@baxskopog2375 9 ай бұрын

That's why I use Mikawa because you get better concealment and he has a steering skill and with Lemmonier as an inspiration you can break contact much easier

@jackasamurai9778 8 ай бұрын

Good for the soul

@dgeneratio1 9 ай бұрын

Zao Torpedoes are better when they are kiting as towards the rear of the ship.

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

Honestly though they don't even have good angles over the rear of the ship

@lejenddairy 8 ай бұрын

Not really. On ships like Mogami, Suzuya and Myoko, yes, because you get angles on the rear of the ship. On Zao you have to basically sail flat broadside to get your torps off. Not good angles at all.

@MrMonkey315 8 ай бұрын

Think those Torps angles are bad. take a look at the yubari and yahagi angles😵‍💫😂

@rickeydoster7354 5 ай бұрын

Another great video.

@SpartanElite43 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

@Mr.AtheTriggerGalleon6310 9 ай бұрын

I like the ship,but to put this in British way,the paint job is not my cup of tea. Blue or green camouflage would've been my pick.

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

Lol

@dajuanvariste4751 9 ай бұрын

Lmao I’m historical camo guy as well I like the us navy camo designs

@knxqDeontae 9 ай бұрын

Yall.......i literally got the amagi today then the izumo and now the yamato all in 1 day.......i did use blue xp bonuses tho

@SpartanElite43 8 ай бұрын

Nice!

@samueldixon6767 8 ай бұрын

Zao its kool but need a good team to be effective

@thorvanleeuwen8430 8 ай бұрын

Well played game 🙂

@simpinainteasy1916 9 ай бұрын

Haguro is better than Atago by a long shot. Haguro gives IJN cruisers 1/4 pen. Depending on fires is not something I would consider doing. But that just me.

@SpartanElite43 9 ай бұрын

Dont think I have that commander

@simpinainteasy1916 9 ай бұрын

@SpartanElite43 when ARP comes back around I would highly suggest Harugo and Nachi. Nachi is great on Azuma and Yoshino, and Haguro is good on the rest of them.

@moonytheloony6516 9 ай бұрын

I don't have Haguro but Atago's fire chance, at least for me, has been quite reliable, though I can appreciate Haguro's appeal.

@simpinainteasy1916 9 ай бұрын

@SpartanElite43 also forgot to mention that you can sacrifice 2% fire chance for Full Speed ahead, and if you run Muller as an inspiration, you can do well over 40 knots.